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Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy, (___-1942)

Michio Kobayashi was commander of the shipboard bomber unit
of the carrier Hiryu
during the Battle
of Midway. He was killed in action on 4 June 1942, while leading
the dive bombing attack on USS Yorktown
(CV-5), an attack that temporarily put the U.S. carrier out
of action.

This page features our only picture of Lt. Michio Kobayashi,
and provides links to related images.

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a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 81560

Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy

Portrait photograph, taken circa the early 1940s by Fuirukawa,
Sasebo.
Lt. Kobayashi was Hiryu bomber unit commander during the
Battle of Midway and was killed in action leading the dive bombing
attack on USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 4 June 1942.

Collection of Captain Roger Pineau, USNR, 1975. He had obtained
the photograph from Lt. Kobayashi's father.

To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.

Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit
lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".